

When a Man Comes Home
2007-09-14 · 100 min · ★ 4.9
A small provincial town is buzzing with excitement: the town´s most illustrious son, a world-famous opera singer, is coming home. Meanwhile, Sebastian, a kitchen boy who is as good as married, falls head over heels in love with the new maid, Maria. Their love affair, along with rumours that the opera singer and the kitchen boy are related, turns the town upside down, threatening to ruin everyone´s high expectations and the opera singer´s triumphant return.
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- Directors
- Thomas Vinterberg
- Production companies
- Nimbus Film, Breidablick Film AB
- Countries
- Unavailable
- Status
- Released
Top Cast
Ronja Mannov OlesenMaria
Helene Reingaard NeumannClaudia
Thomas Bo LarsenHans Kristian Schmidt
Karen-Lise MynsterSebastians mor
Nicolaj KopernikusSebastians far
Morten GrunwaldDirektøren
Ulla HenningsenOnkel Anna
Shanti RoneyKokken
Paw HenriksenPeter
Morten SchaffalitzkyPeters bror
Christopher LæssøOpvasker
Klaus PaghBorgmester
Lotta TejleManager
Martin HestbækViceborgmester
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